Non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema after pericardial drainage for cardiac tamponade [Case Report]
Glasser F; Fein AM; Feinsilver SH; Cotton E; Niederman MS
We report a patient who developed adult respiratory distress syndrome following relief of pericardial tamponade. Because of increasing recognition of pulmonary edema in this situation, we recommend gradual removal of pericardial fluid with hemodynamic monitoring to limit the massive fluid shifts which appear to herald this dire complication
PMID: 3168582
ISSN: 0012-3692
CID: 38000